REMINISCENCES OF SONEPORE. 2 1 9. 



school never turned out a better specimen than 'Noisy 5 

 Mangles. After several years spent in Bengal, he drifted on 

 to Behar, and it is there he was best known and beloved. 

 Married to a Miss Elliot, whose kith and kin numbered large- 

 ly in the district, he was the life of every meeting of bye-gone, 

 days; and his camp was always filled with youngsters, who 

 were taught that in seeing them enjoying themselves, their 

 host was best repaid. Sonepore was par excellence the meet 

 he loved best, and his last one was the only sad one he ever 

 passed, for he, and all of us, knew that we could scarcely ever 

 hope to see him again, camped under the dear old grove .of 

 trees. Still we hoped that he would be able to pass years of 

 happiness in the auld countrie and not be cut down in his 

 prime. Often of late years, in the time-honoured after supper 

 speeches at Sonepore, has affectionate reference been made to 

 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mangles, and many a warm ' Hear, hear ' 

 resounded from the throats of their many friends. As an 

 officer of H.M.'s Bengal Civil Service, he gained the golden 

 opinion of all classes he was brought into contact with, and he 

 never made an enemy, because it takes two to quarrel. As 

 Opium Agent at Patna, he was a loyal^friend and kind mas- 

 ter to all under him, and never once did he or his subordinates 

 let indigo and opium interests clash. It is men like Albert 

 Mangles, who, by their straightforward dealing, tact and honour- 

 able conduct, have brought the Civil Service into deserved 

 repute. He was a gentleman in every sense of the word, who 

 carried no side, and who said evil of no one. Our sincerest 

 sympathies are with his bereaved wife, and she may rest 

 assured that poor Albert's death is as sorrowfully mourned by 

 all his old friends out here, as it is by his own people at home. 

 He had been suffering for years with a painful affection in 

 the throat, which proved to be cancer, and which gradually 

 got so bad that towards the end he could scarcely swallow, 

 and only speak with difficulty. An operation was performed 



